Tearing their hair out at Lucasfilm

The folks at Lucasfilm run a pretty tight ship when it comes to the media. But every so often Mr. Lucas himself gets loose in front of a microphone. This about "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull":

"It's just a movie. Just like the other movies. You probably have fond memories of the other movies. But if you went back and looked at them, they might not hold up the same way your memory holds up."

I can hear the groans from the Presidio all the way down here on Wilshire.

Given his comments to Entertainment Weekly last week...

... we didn't make it bigger and better, we made it exactly the same. So if you loved the other ones, you'll love this one. But if you expect to have F-14s flying under freeways — that isn't there. It's just another period adventure movie with this wacky archaeologist.

... I'm starting to wonder if it's going to be better than "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." But hey, our intern Libby lists that as one of her three films that mean a lot to her. Kids these days. (D. Cohen)

Comments

[Mark]

Hmm. Dissing Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? Far superior filmmaking to Last Crusade, which was a lazily directed remake of Raiders. The final 30 minutes of Temple are just about the most thrilling put on screen. There's no way this new Jones will be as good as Temple of Doom, Spielberg and Lucas had fire in their bellies back then. Hopefully it will be better than Last Crusade though, especially now we're rid of Connery's schtick.